VOLUME U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway TRENDS NOVEMBER 1988 TRAVEL ON ALL ROADS AND STREETS S FOR NOVEMBER 1988 AS COMPARED UP BY 3.4 PERCENT TO NOVEMBER 1987. rr ALL DATA FOR THS MONTH ARE PRELMNARY, REVSED VALUES FOR THE PREVOUS MONTH ARE SHOWN N TABLES 1 AND 2. ALL VEHCLE-MLES OF TRAVEL COMPUTED WTH 1987 TABLE VM-2 AS A BASE. COMPLED WlTH DATA ON WAND AS OF JANUARY 23, i989.
TRAFFC VOLUME TRENDS - NOVEMBER 1988 BASED ON PRELMNARY REPORTS FROM THE STATE HGHWAY AGENCES, TRAVEL DURNG NOVEMBER 1988 ON ALL ROADS AND STREETS N THE NATON NCREASED BY 3.4 PERCENT AS COMPARED TO NOVEMBER 1987, RESULTNG N ESTMATED TRAVEL FOR THE MONTH AT 160906 MLLON VEHCLE-MLES. THS TOTAL NCLUDES 65365 MLLON VEHCLE-MLES ON RURAL ROADS AND 95541 MLLON VEHCLE-MLES ON URBAN ROADS AND STREETS; TRAVEL FOR THE CURRENT MONTH AS WELL AS THE CUMULATVE YEARLY TOTAL ON ALL ROADS AND STREETS S SHOWN BELOW. SMLAR TOTALS FOR EACH YEAR SNCE 1970 ARE ALSO NCLUDED. TRAVEL N MLLONS ALL ROADS AND STREETS YEAR NOVEMBER YEAR TO DATE ~TRAF'FC VOLUME TRENDS" S A MONTHLY REPORT BASED ON HOURLY TRAFFC COUNT DATA. THESE DATA, COLLECTED AT APPROXMATELY 4000 CONTNUOUS TRAFFC COUNTNG LOCATONS NATONWDE, ARE USED TO DETERMNE THE PERCENT CHANGE N TRAFFC FOR THE CURRENT MONTH COMPARED TO THE SAME MONTH N THE PREVOUS YEAR. THS PERCENT CHANGE S APPLED TO THE TRAVEL FOR THE SAME PEROD N THE PREVOUS YEAR TO OBTAN TRAVEL FOR THE CURRENT PEROD. FOR ADDTONAL NFORMATON, FOR EXTRA COPES, OR TO BE PUT ON THE MONTHLY MALNG LST, CONTACT: KENNETH H. WELTY FEDERAL HGHWAY ADMNSTRATON OFFCE OF HGHWAY NFORMATON MANAGEMENT 400 7TH STREET S.W., ROOM 3300 - HPM-30, WASHNGTON. D.C. 20590 PHONE 202-366-5055
FGURE 1 - MOVNG 12-MONTH TOTAL ON FLL HGHWRYS
FGURE 2 - TRRVEL ON U S HGHWRYS BY MONTH
FEDERAL HGHWAY ADMNSTRATON OFFCE OF HGHWAY NFORMATON MANAGEMENT 400-7TH STREET, S.W. WASHNGTON. D.C. 20590 TABLE 1. ESTMATED NDVDUAL MONTHLY MOTOR VEHCLE TRAVEL N THE UNTED STATES * SYSTEM JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV OEC --------- 1987 NDVDUAL MONTHLY VEHCLE-MLES OF TRAVEL N BLLONS** RURALARTERAL 31.8 31.0 37.4 38.7 41.6 42.6 46.3 46.2 41.2 41.2 38.2 37.6 OTHER RURAL 21.2 20.8 24.8 25.4 27.9 28.0 29.3 28.9 26.6 26.7 24.5 23.9 URBAN 86.9 84.2 95.4 95.7 98.3 97.2 100.2 102.3 96.4 98.9 93.0 94.1 ALL SYSTEMS 139.9 136.0 157.6 159.8 167.8 1988 NDVDUAL MONTHLY VEHCLE-MLES OF TRAVEL N BLLONS*** 167.8 175.8 177.4 ----------- t64.2 166.8 155.7 155.6 SYSTEM JAN MUN l ll FEB MAR ( APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT ( OCT NOV DEC 1987 CUMULATVE MONTHLY VEHCLE-MLES OF TRAVEL N BLLONS** RURALARTERAL 31.8 62.8 100.2 138.9 180.5 223.t 269.4 315.6 356.8 398.0 436.3 473.8 OTHER RURAL 21.2 42.0 66.8 92.2 120.1 148.0 177.3 206.3 232.9 259.6 284.0 307.9 URBAN 86.9 171.1 266.5 362.2 460.5 557.7 657.9 760.2 856.6 955.5 1048.5 1142.6 ALL SYSTEMS 139.9 275.9 433.5 593.3 761.1 928.9 1104.7 1282.1 1446.2 1613.1 1768.7 1924.3 -------------- 1988 CUMULATVE MONTHLY VEHCLE-MLES OF TRAVEL N BLLONS*** RURAL ARTERAL 33.7 66.0 105.8 146.3 190.2 234.9 283.5 331.3 374.2 417.6 457.7 OTHER RURAL 21.9 43.2 68.9 94.8 123.8 152.8 182.9 212.6 240.0 267.4 292.7 URBAN 90.5 176.3 274.3 372.6 474.0 574.4 677.7 782.7 881.6 983.5 1079.1 ALL SYSTEMS 146.2 285.6 448.9 613.8 788.0 962.1 1144.1 1326.6 1495.8 1668.5 1829.5 ------------ PERCENT CHANGE N CUMULATVE MONTHLY TRAVEL 1988 VS. 1987 RURAL ARTERAL 6.0 5.0 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.9 OTHER RURAL 3.4 2.9 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.0 URBAN 4.2 3. 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 ALL SYSTEMS 4.5 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 - - - ~ ~ ~ - - - - ~ * SYSTEM ENTRES MAY NOT ADD TO GVE "ALL SYSTEMS" TOTAL DUE TO ROUNDNG. ** THESE ARE PRELMNARY ESTMATES WHCH WLL BE REVSED TO AGREE WTH FNAL ESTMATES OF 1987 ANNUAL TRAVEL PROVDED BY STATE HGHWAY DEPARTMENTS. *** TO BE REVSED BASED ON 1988 FNAL TRAVEL ESTMATES. FOR FURTHER NFORMATON CONTACT KENNETH WELTY. OFFCE OF HGHWAY NFORMATON MANAGEMENT, FEDERAL HGHWAY ADMNSTRATON, PHONE 202-366-5055.
TABLE 3.-SUMMARY BY ROAD CLASS AND BY GEOGRAPHC AREA PRELMNARY DATA FOR NOVEMBER REVSED DATA FOR OCTOBER 1988 VEHCLE-MLES (MLLONS) 1987 PERCENTAGE CHANGE 1988 VEHCLE-MLES (MLLONS) 1987 PERCENTAGE CHANGE CLASS OF ROAD, ALL STATES:.RURAL ARTERAL ROADS... OTHER RURAL ROADS... ALL RURAL ROADS... CTY STREETS... ALL ROADS AN0 STREETS... 48 STATES (RURAL ARTERAL ): 40,088 25,277 65,365 95,541 160.906 38.236 24,456 62.692 92.984 155,676 EASTERN REGON... 13,802 13,034 5.9 15,001 14,161 5.9 CENTRAL REGON... 18,948 18,197 4.1 20,525 19,609 4.7 WESTERN REGON... 7.212 6,880 4.8 7,797 7,326 6.4 TOTAL... 39,962 38.111 4.9 43,323 41.096 5.4 4.8 3.4 4.3 2.8 3.4 43,470 27,380 70,850 101,896 172,746 41,240 26,682 67,921 98,914 166.836 5.4 2.6 4.3 3.0 3.5 i TABLE 4.-CHANGES ON RURAL ARTERAL ROADS BY STATES NOVEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER OCTOBER (PRELMNARY) (REVSED) (PRELMNARY) (REVSED DVSON AND STATE DVSON AND STATE - NUMBER PER- NUMBER PER- NUMBER PER- NUME E R PER- OF CENTAGE OF CENTAGE OF CENTAGE 0 F CENTAGE STATONS CHANGE STATONS CHANGE STATONS CHANGE STATONS CHANGE NEW ENGLAND: EAST SOUTH CENTRAL: CONNECTCUT... 9 3.1 10 3.2 ALABAMA... 48 5.8 48 4.9 MANE... KENTUCKY... 27 4.1 27 4.6 MASSACHUSETTS... 9 2.4 9 1.6 MSSSSPP... 11 5.9 8 9.3 NEW HAMPSHRE... TENNESSEE... RHODE SLAND.... 9-2.8 10-8.0 VERMONT... '27 5.1 2 7 6.6 WEST NORTH CENTRAL: OWA... 53 4.5 54 5.5 MDDLE ATLANTC: KANSAS... 60 3.5 6 1 3.7 NEW JERSEY... 7 3.9 9 2.5 MNNESOTA... 40 1.4 39 6.7 NEW YORK... 16 6.0 16 5.2 MSSOUR... 49 4.3 44 5.0 PENNSYLVANA... 34 4.8 32 2.7 NEBRASKA... 26 2.6 25 5.6 NORTH DAKOTA... 30-5.1 29 3.8... (NORTH) : \ DELAWARE... 19 5.1 WEST SOUTH CENTRAL: MARYLAND... 29 4. ARKANSAS.:... 15 5.1 15 5.0 VRGNA... LOUSANA... SOUTH ATLANTC SOUTH DAKVTA 27 0.4 2 5 5.1 WEST VRGNA... 8 6.5 5 7.9 OKLAHOMA.,... 34 3.2 34 1.6 TEXAS... 80 2.6 8 1 2.1 SOUTH ATLANTC (SOUTH) : MOUNTAN : FLORDA... 33 7.5 32 11.O ARZONA... GEORGA... 17 6.O COLORADO... NORTH CAROLNA... 16 6.0 19 6.9 DAHO... 55 1.2 55 5.9 SOUTH CAROLNA.... 10 8.5 12 8.5 MONTANA... NEVADA... 15 7.6 15 5.8 EAST NORTH CENTRAL: NEW MEXCO..... LLNOS... 22 5.3 UTAH... 47 5.8 47 8.4 NDANA... 26 3.7 26 3.1 WYOMNG... 39 0.8 39 4.1 MCHGAN... 43 4.8 36 6.8 OHO... 18 5.1 18 3.8 PACFC: WSCONSN... 48 6.0 48 3.7 CALFORNA... 5.9 6.0 - OREGON... - ALASKA... 17-3.4 2 1-3.5 WASHNGTON... 38 5.1 HAWA... 3.2 2 1 NOTE: 1-WHERE THE NUMBER OF STATONS S SHOWN AS A DASH AND A VALUE FOR PERCENTAGE CHANGE S NDCATED, THE LATTER VALUE S BASED ON A STATEWDE ESTMATE PROVDED BY THE HGHWAY AGENCY AS DETERMNED FROM EXTENSVE TRAFFC SAMPLNG SURVEYS.
REVSED TRAVEL ESTMATES MONT- SYSTEM JAN FEE MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT 1987 NDVDUAL MONTHLY VEHCLE-MLES OF TRAVEL N BLLONS*** RURAL ARTERAL 31.8 31.O 37.4 38.7 41.6 42.6 46.3 OTHER RURAL 21.2 20.8 24.8 25.4 27.9 28.0 29.3 URBAN 86.9 84.2 95.4 95.7 38.3 97.2 100.2 ALL SYSTEMS 139.9 136.0 157.6 159.8 167.8 167.8 175.8 1987 CUMULATVE MONTHLY VEHCLE-MLES OF TRAVEL N BLLONS*** RURAL ARTERAL OTHER RURAL URBAN ALL SYSTEMS THESE ESTMATES HAVE BEEN REVSED TO AGREE WTH FNAL ESTMATES OF 1987.